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Monday, June 22, 2009

Get growing - Floriography...the language of flowers

By J.K. DePeal
Garden Writer

Floriography may not be a term you are familiar with, but its meaning is both interesting and “colorful.”

Colorful is probably most appropriate because floriography means “the language of flowers.”
For hundreds of years of world history, flowers, herbs and other plants have been used to communicate thoughts, feelings and sentiments that were sometimes difficult to express in spoken words.

For instance, how do you speak a hug, or what words could be used to express loyalty or, when a relationship must end, what is a gentle way of saying goodbye?

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